14 February 2024
Three men who raped a woman who thought she had got into a registered taxi will be sentenced in April.
The woman got into a car after a night out with friends in Hull city centre on 30 July.
Bakhtullah Safi and Habibullah Ahmadzai, both 18 and of Wellsted Street, Hull were found guilty of rape at Hull Crown Court.
Kehan Safi, 26, of Wellington Lane, Hull, pleaded guilty to rape at an earlier hearing.
CCTV footage showed the woman walking along Ferensway when she entered the car and travelled off in the direction of Hull Royal Infirmary.
During the course of the journey, Ahmadzai, Bakhtullah Safi and Kehan Safi, carried out their attack before requesting a £20 taxi fare.
The woman refused to pay and fled to safety.
Sexual predators
Det Con Ashley Webster from Humberside Police said the defendants had shown “no remorse” for their actions.
“They are what I can only describe as ‘sexual predators’ who subjected a lone woman who had just been on a night out with friends, to a horrific and utterly traumatising ordeal.
“This was a truly disturbing case and I’m pleased these men are now behind bars and are being punished for this horrific attack.”
The gang will be sentenced at Hull Crown Court on 2 April.
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Three men who raped a woman after she got into their car thinking it was a taxi have been jailed.
CCTV footage showed the woman entering the vehicle on Ferensway in Hull city centre in July 2023 and being driven off, Humberside Police said.
During the course of the journey, Habibullah Ahmadzai, 18, Bakhtullah Safi, 18, and Kehan Safi, 26, carried out their attack.
After dropping the woman off they demanded a £20 “taxi fare” which she refused to pay.
Bakhtullah Safi, of Margaret Street, Hull, and Ahmadzai, of Wellsted Street, Hull, were both jailed for eight years after being convicted of rape following a trial at Hull Crown Court in February.
Kehan Safi, of Wellington Lane, Hull, was sent to prison for nine years after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing.
Det Con Ashley Webster described the men as “violent sexual predators who subjected a lone woman who was on her way home from a night out with friends, to an utterly horrific attack for their own sexual desires.”
He added: “The woman has been incredibly brave throughout the investigation and court proceedings. What she has been through is something no-one should ever be put through, and whilst this result today will never take away the horrific experience and pain, I hope it goes someway in allowing her to heal as she continues to recover.”